At breakfast, Peeper causes a major scene by confronting Sara with Mr. and Mrs. Darling, (Bloodworm's parents). Security takes them into custody. Sara discovers that her library privileges have been revoked because of the loss of a book that she had never checked out, but had somehow been recorded against her. Thuban and Sara have a bit of a chat. Thuban is not pleased with the answers. Sara finds a letter from her father in the box that was hidden under the massive tome. Someone drops a DVD of some of Sara's most disquieting tests from ARC into Ayla's mailbox.